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this along with another anecdote that happened in moscow's short thereafter as this book in this idea about the coming decades. another anecdote is that i went to moscow organized out there and the prime minister wanted somebody to present to him at the conference about the state of affairs in russia. and then the conference organizers at prudence office after they make the presentation. i said fine, i do it. i did not know is going to be such a big deal because although i've mentioned before, but this is televised. and i gave a really blunt assessment on russia about how i was optimistic a decade ago when things had taken values cheap in russia and people he did it in a decade beta the per capita ratio is $10,000 in russia basically was regressing rather than progressing, just being reliant on oil and gas is not enough. which country makes rich kids. they better get some sort of a manufacturing sector going in new businesses going. so is a pretty blunt assessment of how russia was doing. and pretend was very good. she was there listening and stuff, but the next day i found out what t
this along with another anecdote that happened in moscow's short thereafter as this book in this idea about the coming decades. another anecdote is that i went to moscow organized out there and the prime minister wanted somebody to present to him at the conference about the state of affairs in russia. and then the conference organizers at prudence office after they make the presentation. i said fine, i do it. i did not know is going to be such a big deal because although i've mentioned before,...
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the other and it don't as i went to moscow. there is a conference being organized out there and the prime minister, then putin wanted someone to represent him about the state of affairs in russia. so the conference organizers at putin's office asked if i'd make a presentation. i said fine i'll do it. so there i was making this presentation to putin and i didn't know was going to be the deal. here is being televised, the cameras were rolling at this conference. and i gave a pretty blunt assessment about russia, how is optimistic a decade ago when things were completely chaotic and values for cheap in russia and articulate at the per capita was $12,000 in russia basically was regressing rather than progressing, they just been replied to an oil gas is that enough. a rich country makes rich goods. they better get some sort of a manufacturing sector going. it was a pretty blunt assessment of how russia was doing. and putin was there taking notes down as if he was actually listening and stuff. but the next day i found out what this i
the other and it don't as i went to moscow. there is a conference being organized out there and the prime minister, then putin wanted someone to represent him about the state of affairs in russia. so the conference organizers at putin's office asked if i'd make a presentation. i said fine i'll do it. so there i was making this presentation to putin and i didn't know was going to be the deal. here is being televised, the cameras were rolling at this conference. and i gave a pretty blunt...
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research institution who was a convinced communist from the 1940s onward and she quietly spotted for moscow for 40 years completely undiscovered. she was the longest serving soviet spy in the u.k.. and we had no idea what she was doing. she was recruiting other people to spy and handed over atomic secrets that she has access to in the research institute where she works as secretary. the kgb in the end awarded her a pension. and the red banner because she served so long completely undetected. when she was exposed in the 1990s she was an absolute gift for the media. there was a startled looking lady clutching a shopping bag totally unexpected and not at all the kind of spy the media, the novel's taught us to expect. she was a real hangover from the cold war. by the time the newspaper with their tongue in their cheek characterized her as the spy who came in from the co-op. [laughter] >> with her shopping bag and her car again. that is what she was. she was not a character in a spy novel. she with a true radical extremists. at the other extreme the james bond books give us radicals, extremists,
research institution who was a convinced communist from the 1940s onward and she quietly spotted for moscow for 40 years completely undiscovered. she was the longest serving soviet spy in the u.k.. and we had no idea what she was doing. she was recruiting other people to spy and handed over atomic secrets that she has access to in the research institute where she works as secretary. the kgb in the end awarded her a pension. and the red banner because she served so long completely undetected....
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the orders from the top and from moscow are not as direct or as clear as they used to be. the castle still looms above the city on the hill, but it is inhabited by pygmies who were fished out of the dust bin of history and who whimper in their street at the thought of going back to it. thank you. [applause] >> i'm christopher buckley, and my text today from hitch 22, pages xiii through xiv. [laughter] these are the final paragraphs from the preface that christopher wrote for the paperback edition to his memoir, "hitch 22." another element of my memoir, the stupendous importance of love, friendship and solidarity, has been made immensely more vivid to me by recent experience. i can't hope to convey the full effect of the embraces and vowels, but i can, perhaps, offer a crumb of counsel. if there is anybody known to you who might benefit from a letter or visit, do not on any account postpone the writing or the making of it. the difference made will almost certainly be more than you have calculated. the cause of my life has been that of combating superstition which, among oth
the orders from the top and from moscow are not as direct or as clear as they used to be. the castle still looms above the city on the hill, but it is inhabited by pygmies who were fished out of the dust bin of history and who whimper in their street at the thought of going back to it. thank you. [applause] >> i'm christopher buckley, and my text today from hitch 22, pages xiii through xiv. [laughter] these are the final paragraphs from the preface that christopher wrote for the paperback...
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he was afraid of being paraded through moscow in the cage and ridiculed. so he was determined to die. if lebron was determined to die within. and the bunker, and i've spoken in interviews some of those in the bunker with him. and there were various generals and others. some were allowed to escape in some certainly did escape. others had to wait until hitler himself killed himself and then also had to rate until the minister, the propaganda minister had killed his children and wife in a suicide, and as suicide. and when they try to escape through the russia mind. there were captured. c-span: who were you who were you there that you were able to talk to? >> guest: they was the chief of staff to general cripps, the commander-in-chief and general staff. this is i must say his account also generally maceo who is in fact visiting frequently. i also interviewed and asked us to left mass and it was an extraordinary experience in his parlor in berlin, drinking tea as he showed the photograph albums, which were photographs you take themselves, all hitler playing wit
he was afraid of being paraded through moscow in the cage and ridiculed. so he was determined to die. if lebron was determined to die within. and the bunker, and i've spoken in interviews some of those in the bunker with him. and there were various generals and others. some were allowed to escape in some certainly did escape. others had to wait until hitler himself killed himself and then also had to rate until the minister, the propaganda minister had killed his children and wife in a suicide,...
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we're also aware of two female suicide bombers in the fall of 2004, on flights out of moscow within 90 minutes of each other, bringing down those two airliners. we believe because of an insider issue that these two women, the black widows they refer to them as, probably chechen related brought down those two airliners, killed 90 souls on those two flights. so that is something we see continually. the challenge for tsa and i believe alpa and everybody interested in the safety and security of passengers and cargo as it relates to the u.s. as what's going on here and the intelligence is such that there is no known specific credible information as relates to the individuals trying to get on an aircraft here today in one of the 450 airports, commercial airports that we have responsibility for providing security, that being said, our concern and is a concern i had while i was at the fbi overseeing the counterterrorism efforts is not so much those that we know about, those who are on the watch list, those on the no-fly list who should not be flying or some on the list to have known associatio
we're also aware of two female suicide bombers in the fall of 2004, on flights out of moscow within 90 minutes of each other, bringing down those two airliners. we believe because of an insider issue that these two women, the black widows they refer to them as, probably chechen related brought down those two airliners, killed 90 souls on those two flights. so that is something we see continually. the challenge for tsa and i believe alpa and everybody interested in the safety and security of...
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stlin invited him to moscow. eisenhower flew in a russian plane, flew very low from berlin back to moscow. eisenhower saw the destruction, not a house standing really. and that trip convinced him that the russians did not want war. the losses were so severe that it convinced him that the russians were not eagle, and he took into the presidency, and after that, he served as chief of staff for two years. he really did not want the job. he was really winding the services down. he retired in the beginning of 1948, and then a crusade in europe. it does not approach grant's memoirs in terms of literary style, but it's probably the best memoir from world war ii, the most implete -- the least -- eisenhower did not grind axes, and he wrote it himself over four months working 16 hours a day, dictated the entire thing. it's all his. after that, he became president of colombia, and i'll say a word about that. most academics poo poo ice's presidency of colombia, but he did an effective job of the this is the time of rampant m
stlin invited him to moscow. eisenhower flew in a russian plane, flew very low from berlin back to moscow. eisenhower saw the destruction, not a house standing really. and that trip convinced him that the russians did not want war. the losses were so severe that it convinced him that the russians were not eagle, and he took into the presidency, and after that, he served as chief of staff for two years. he really did not want the job. he was really winding the services down. he retired in the...
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we are also aware of two female suicide bombers in the fall of 2004, flights out of moscow within 90 minutes of each other, hunting down those two airliners. we believe because of an insider issue that these two women, the black widows he refers to, probably chenchen related, killed 90 on board that flight. that is something we see continuing. the challenge for tsa and alpa and anyone and the safety security passengers and cargo as it relates to the u.s. is what is going on here on the intelligences there is no known as the relays in the commercial airports that respond ability with the provided security. that said, our concern and a concert i had at the fbi oversight asserts was not so much those we know about on the watchlist in the no-fly list who obviously should not be flying or even a selected list of some association with terrorism and who we believe they deserve additional skirt at the checkpoint after trying to fly. those are not the ones who cause me the greatest concern. it's those who don't know about who'd been radicalized on the internet as we seen a number of individua
we are also aware of two female suicide bombers in the fall of 2004, flights out of moscow within 90 minutes of each other, hunting down those two airliners. we believe because of an insider issue that these two women, the black widows he refers to, probably chenchen related, killed 90 on board that flight. that is something we see continuing. the challenge for tsa and alpa and anyone and the safety security passengers and cargo as it relates to the u.s. is what is going on here on the...
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problems and difficulties but the advantage people forget if you are far away from the frontier does a lot moscow from dynamism and the basic dynamism india will explore for the next 20 or 30 years so we will end up with everything in its opposite is true in india. >> good way to end this. thank you again. [applause] to put this thing together and to make it run so smoothly and think the audience for being an important part of this conversation. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i think we have a myth that it's two guys in a dorm room they crack the code and it all falls into place and you end up with facebook. you don't see friendster and myspace and the twins on the side of the road not having achieved success. >> and unintended consequences the grandson and a biography spoke at a forum in tow tulsa oklahoma about race relations. he was introduced by john franklin of the john hope franklin center for reconciliation. [applause] thank you. indeed we are all standing on the shoulders of those who preceded us. and if i would give equal time for grand mothers and mothers tonight. [
problems and difficulties but the advantage people forget if you are far away from the frontier does a lot moscow from dynamism and the basic dynamism india will explore for the next 20 or 30 years so we will end up with everything in its opposite is true in india. >> good way to end this. thank you again. [applause] to put this thing together and to make it run so smoothly and think the audience for being an important part of this conversation. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible...
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he was in moscow in the early cold war years, but he came eventually to 1950 washington d.c., chairman of the white house and he didn't get a date to go to korea to be a freak nature name as a foreign correspondent. he was shot in the closet with the wto p. camera filming him doing local news. it was to be less. the a-list people were still on radio and cronkite started breaking through in this new medium of television. but he recognized if he walked here in washington d.c., people wouldn't remember what he said. they would recognize you. they say would love seeing you, you could've been on a game show, the morning show, the nightly news show, the intellectual substance went away. but people recognize as the visual. you're a celebrity, well known. cronkite always recognized the airtime and that goes back to the top dog of tom brokaw. so he was sometimes kind of filibuster to live events. he also learned how to be quiet. if he was cronkite right cast during john lennon, alan shepard or neil armstrong and apollo 11 but the space program, he would pause. and also, get a theatrical sense.
he was in moscow in the early cold war years, but he came eventually to 1950 washington d.c., chairman of the white house and he didn't get a date to go to korea to be a freak nature name as a foreign correspondent. he was shot in the closet with the wto p. camera filming him doing local news. it was to be less. the a-list people were still on radio and cronkite started breaking through in this new medium of television. but he recognized if he walked here in washington d.c., people wouldn't...
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in my early career, i began traveling back and forth to moscow and negotiating nuclear issues with the academy of sciences. after that, i found myself in disputes in the war. later i was a negotiator for the u.s. government and the dispute over international river's. i came home from these troubles a flaming patriotism for the rule of law and prepress. i had won some cases in american courts. i have lobbied in the courts and congress. i had a run for high office and affective introduced the sunshine contest. i new democracy firsthand and i thought i knew in deeply. i came home from these years of our experience events that the difference between u.s. politics and politics of either asia are russia was as wide as the grand canyon. the conclusions i share today, in part from the contrast between what i consider to be very different cultures and the political experiment which we initiated on this continent in 1776. the most of history, wealth and power go together. as wealth grows, its owners tend to surround and invade government. with the help of garment, increase their position, thus c
in my early career, i began traveling back and forth to moscow and negotiating nuclear issues with the academy of sciences. after that, i found myself in disputes in the war. later i was a negotiator for the u.s. government and the dispute over international river's. i came home from these troubles a flaming patriotism for the rule of law and prepress. i had won some cases in american courts. i have lobbied in the courts and congress. i had a run for high office and affective introduced the...
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their said in mosc their said in moscow with meaning if they were not shooting at us we wouldn't spend so much. the guys that follow didn't know the soviet union disappeared. >> my big question is do you think it matters that this is objectively the foreign policy to get the republicans would have the least foreign policy national security experience in modern history i mean objectively that they had a cia director and the defense secretary. no demonstrable foreign policy or national security appointed will that make an impact at all? they're looking at the foreign policy issues. i'm not concerned that we. we survived obama and the problems come not from the foreign policy but that domestic policy. >> to the have any foreign policy that you could point to? can you lose an election based on -- >> advising the president on foreign policy issues and advising them on defense some of the people he's taken away and listened to. >> i would be [inaudible] they don't pay that much. >> why am i advocating -- okay. at present the government takes 35% from companies 30% marginal tax rate on the ex
their said in mosc their said in moscow with meaning if they were not shooting at us we wouldn't spend so much. the guys that follow didn't know the soviet union disappeared. >> my big question is do you think it matters that this is objectively the foreign policy to get the republicans would have the least foreign policy national security experience in modern history i mean objectively that they had a cia director and the defense secretary. no demonstrable foreign policy or national...